Bacteria 'factories' used to discover potential new malaria drugs
Researchers have engineered bacteria to produce new versions of a potential antibiotic molecule, some with potent antimalarial properties.
Researchers have engineered bacteria to produce new versions of a potential antibiotic molecule, some with potent antimalarial properties.
Biochemistry
May 7, 2020
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Researchers are taking snapshots of chemical reactions in a trillionth of a second in the hope of developing the next generation of antibiotics and anti-viral drugs.
Materials Science
Apr 13, 2020
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With ordinary double-sided tape, researchers in Sweden assembled a chip-based model of a human gut, and then fed it chili peppers to prove it works. The technique could dramatically lower cost barriers for labs that test ...
Analytical Chemistry
Mar 27, 2020
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National Institute for Materials Science has developed a solid material capable of slowly releasing hydrogen sulfide (H2S) and nitric oxide (NO) when exposed to air. These gases can induce physiologically favorable effects ...
Materials Science
Mar 24, 2020
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Today, when new drugs are designed with the help of supercomputers, and electronic devices operate on a nanoscale, it is very important for scientists to understand how neighboring molecules behave towards each other. For ...
Materials Science
Mar 20, 2020
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Chemists at Texas A&M University are taking a p[h]age from bacteria's playbook in order to beat viruses at their own game and develop new drugs to fight cancer and a host of other human diseases in the process.
Molecular & Computational biology
Mar 19, 2020
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Chemotherapeutics are key players in the clinical setting to fight most types of cancer, and novel chemicals could facilitate new and unique intracellular interactions that modulate the cell machinery and destroy the tumor ...
Bio & Medicine
Mar 19, 2020
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Scientists from the Skoltech Center for Energy Science and Technology (CEST) and the Institute for Problems of Chemical Physics of Russian Academy of Sciences in collaboration with researchers from the Catholic University ...
Analytical Chemistry
Mar 18, 2020
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Crick and Imperial researchers have found that a key antibiotic widely used to treat drug-resistant tuberculosis does not work as expected—a finding which could be used to develop new drugs. The study was part-funded by ...
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 16, 2020
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Researchers at the University of Bristol are pioneering the use of virtual reality (VR) as a tool to design the next generation of drug treatments.
Biotechnology
Mar 11, 2020
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